Reading with David – Babe the Gallant Pig

David says:
I gave this story five stars because the big is always so brave and polite.

I like that Babe wanted to be a sheep herder just like his adopted mom. And I like that Fly took him seriously and taught him everything he knew. And Babe kept trying and trying and making sure he didn’t eat too much and practiced running a lot.

It was great that he saved the sheep from the rustlers and the bad dogs and because of that he got live. He even got to go inside the house with Fly. Fly loved Pig so much that when he thought Pig might be in trouble, he tried very hard to be polite to the sheep so he could find out the truth (and then also again for the password.)

My favorite part was when he won the sheep-dog trials and got a perfect 100!

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

September 11, 2011 | David, Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – The World According to Humphrey

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I really liked that the hamster was very intelligent and had different adventures in the book.

I liked the part when Sayeh finally raised her hand because she was trying to get the class to notice Humphrey’s costume. I also loved that he helped Mr. Morales so that his kids would listen better to him. I loved the part where he pulled out the TV plug and the family thought it broke and then later they saw it was unplugged but couldn’t figure out who would have done that.

I liked that he tried to get Aldo to notice the Moonlighter’s ad and used the projector wisely. And he was so clever because he made up a game to get Mr. Brisbane excited. My favorite part was the ending because they built him a playground and he also had an obstacle course and Ms. Mac came back. Finally, I was happy to know that Garth will get to visit him over Christmas Break.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

September 4, 2011 | David, Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I like that Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle can cure all the children. My favorite story was the one about the boy who couldn’t find anything because I loved how he found Mr. Piggle-Wiggle’s present and how he said he had the sharpest eyes in the world.

I didn’t like the story where the boy lied all the time because I thought it was mean that he lied and made up stories. But I loved the story where she stopped forgetting to feed the animals because in the end she had gotten so great at taking care of all the animals and they all loved her.

I didn’t like destructiveness story but I loved that in the end he learned how to fix everything he destroyed. And I loved how the scared girl became super-brave by the end of the book.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

August 28, 2011 | David, Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | 4 comments

Reading with David – Harriet the Spy

David says:
I gave this story one star because I thought it was boring. I didn’t like that Harriet was spying on people and going into their houses. I also didn’t like that she wrote down mean things about people.

She went into places without permission. Ole Golly was also mean because she would make Harriet do things right away. I did like the part when she and her boyfriend took a walk together.

I thought it was cool that Sport wanted to be a ball player. I felt bad for him though because he had a hard life having to take care of his dad all the time. I liked Janie because she likes chemistry and likes to blow things up.

Overall, I didn’t like this book because, nothing interesting was happening in it and I didn’t like Harriet and how she was being mean to people and doing things without permission.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

August 21, 2011 | David, Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – The Tilting House

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I liked that their house had many secrets. Each chapter was a new secret.

I thought it was sad when the dad accidentally killed one of Mr. Daga’s children, the baby rat. I thought it was funny that The Talker talked nonstop and thought it was cool that he turned out to be Hanson.

I thought it was interesting that the person who did grandpa’s leg also built the house they lived in. I liked that the box had growth powder to make the key grow. I also liked how Mr. Daga trained the dog and he could get a soda from the fridge. It was cool that the dimmer switch made the house invisible.

My favorite part was when they found the treasure because it meant that they could keep the house.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

August 14, 2011 | Family, Reading with David | 3 comments

Reading with David – The City of Ember

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I liked the story was an adventure and we kept hoping Lina and Doon would find the other city and they did.

I thought it was sad that Ember was so dark all the time. And that they were running out of food. I didn’t like that the mayor was stealing from his people and hiding things in the room. It was also sad that the lights flickered so often.

I thought it was nice that Lina took Poppy along in the end. I liked how she was clever enough to run away from the Mayor. I liked Doon’s bug book. I liked that Doon cared about the city and wanted to find a way to save everyone. I thought it was great that they together found the way out. I think because they found a clever way to get the instructions to Ember and Ms. Murdo found them, they will get to get out.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

August 7, 2011 | Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – The Secret of Skeleton Island

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I liked that the investigators found gold doubloons.

I liked Chris because he was clever and saved the investigators many different times. He invited them along on this dives and he shared his gold with them when he found some. He was nice to the boys and to his father and I was very happy that he got to help his father get better and go back to Greece in the end.

My least favorite part was when the villains were trying to steal the money and tied up the boys. I liked how Jupiter solved the mystery and came to rescue the other investigators. I didn’t like that the thieves made it look like there was a ghost on the island because they were trying to keep people away.

I liked that everything worked out in the end: the movie and Chris.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

July 31, 2011 | Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – Stuart Little

David says:
While this book was cute, I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as Charlotte’s Web. I found the language a bit more complicated for David, too. But it was certainly a sweet set of stories.

I gave this story five stars because I thought it was cute that their son was a mouse.

I liked the part where George thought Stuart was dead and lowered the shades to show his respect and Stuart fell out of the shades! I also liked the part where Stuart shot a bow into Snowball’s eye to protect the bird.

I didn’t like the cat that was trying to eat Margalo. I also didn’t like Snowball cause she was sneaky and made it look like Stuart went into the mouse hole when he was actually stuck in the shades.

I liked the story with the boat race because Stuart won! I was happy that Margalo saved Stuart from the trash but I was sad that flew away soon after that. I also was sad that Stuart didn’t get to enjoy his canoe ride with Harriet.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

July 17, 2011 | Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – The Magician’s Elephant

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I thought it was good that he found his sister and that the elephant got to go home and that in the end Bartok made the carving of everyone.

I also liked that Peter and Adele get to live together now and they live with the policeman and his wife so they can be happy. I thought it was sad that the beggar’s dog is blind and I didn’t like that Vilna was so mean to Peter.

It was sad that the elephant fell on the old lady and that she became crippled. It wasn’t very nice of the magician to make the elephant fall through the roof.

The sister was my favorite character because she was so nice and visited Vilna to be nice to him. Peter was my second favorite because he tried to help the elephant go home.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

July 10, 2011 | Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – Because of Winn-Dixie

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I love Opal had a nice dog who always smiled at her and she didn’t have any other friends so it was nice for her to have Winn-Dixie.

I really liked Otis and how he played his guitar and how all the animals liked it and sat very still to listen to it. I liked that Opal apologized from Dunlap for calling him bald-headed babies.

I thought her Dad was nice to let her have a dog and kind to go looking for him with Opal for so long when they thought it was lost. I also thought it was sad that he cried.

I liked the party in the end because she invited all her friends and you could see that she had a lot of friends by the end of the book. And I liked how that helped her be a little less sad about her Mommy not being around.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

July 3, 2011 | Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – Charlotte’s Web

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I love that the pig and the spider became friends and that there were more spider friends later in the book.

I thought it was really sad that Charlotte died. But I liked that she had new babies coming and that Wilbur got to live.

I liked the beginning where Fern saved Wilbur and fed him with a bottle. And I liked that she came to visit him everyday and was friends with the animals in the barn.

Even though Templeton was sort of mean, it was nice that he did a lot of favors for both Wilbur and Charlotte. I liked the part where the little goslings hatched. I thought it was wonderful that Charlotte tried to save the pig’s life and the pig saved all of her children. And I liked that he won the medal and how they were best friends.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

June 26, 2011 | Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Reading with David – Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine

David says:
I gave this story five stars because I thought it was cool that they got a machine to do their homework.

I didn’t like Snitcher because he always told on them and he broke the computer. I liked that Danny gave him a knife with snitcher carved on it at the end.

I thought it was cool that they fed all the information into the computer and that it could then write reports for them. The first invention where you had two pens writing at the same time was cool too because it made a copy for someone else as well. Of the three kids, I liked Danny the most because all the creative ideas were his.

I thought it was nice of Joe to write a poem for Irene but I didn’t like that Danny got jealous of it. But it did help Joe and Irene make up which I liked.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

June 19, 2011 | Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | 2 comments

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